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I am looking for any present day Kibble's from Gloucester who had a relative called William Job Kibble B.1860. He worked at the Morelands Match factory. Wm Job married a Fanny Esther Probert and her family moved to Birmingham while she stayed in Glos with her grandmother until she married Wm Job. I have all the family history, but I am very short of photographs off them all. You know what it is like trying to put a face to a name. The one family that I am interested in his Wm Job's son also Wm Job. He married a Elsie Norah Kemmitt in 1915. Someone from genes kindly sent me a copy of Wm Job's sister and family and I was over the moon with those. Anything would be a great help.

Kind regards,
Smiles ;)

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Why not write to the Goucestershire Citizen, they often print that sort of request in the paper.
a mail thisisgloucestershire(.)co(.)uk

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Ann
Glos

Hi Ann

Thank you for the message. I would love to go to the Citizen (orginally a Gloucester less myself) but I still have elderly relatives who are very worried of it all. They ethier give you loads of info when you ask them or they will not say a word. Reading it in the paper may be a shock to some of them.

Kind regards
Smiles ;)

Makes it difficult then doesn't it?

Just a thought but Gloucester used to have a packaging museum . Its now closed down and the main Gloucester museum I think holds its exibits, these may well include the matchboxes . They may also hold old photo,s and workers information from the match factory . Good Luck
Kim xx

Kim. Hadn't thought of that. I didn't know the Opi collection was now in the main Glos museum either.

Going back to when I went t the Robert Opie museum before it closed, I don't remember seeing the Moreland matchboxes but I am sure there probably were some. If I can remember I will look in the museum and see if there is anything on Kibbles.

Ann
Glos

Hi Ann,

Sorry I did not get back yesterday, got called out. It would be great if you get the chance to look for me. I had been to the Robert Opie collection a couple of times and it was such a shame when it went, I do have one photograph of Wm Job as he was the coach of Morelands Rugby team around the late 1890's. It was taken with the team and he looks just like my brother.

Kind regards
Smiles ;)

Hi
I looked in at the main Gloucester museum today but they don't have anything on Morelands. I am wondering if it is likely to be at the Folk Museum so i will try and get there some other time.

Ann
Glos

I think I have seen a book in the glos library about the morelands factory. Maybe someone may be able to have alook in there for you if you can't get one from your library.

Anne

any idea which section it was on Anne?